Sunday, February 24, 2008

Warren Macdonald

Today I saw an episode on Discovery Channel named 'I shouldnt be alive.' This particular episode featured Warren Macdonald's adventure on Mount Bowen where he almost died when a boulder fell over him. He lay there under the boulder for about 45 hours while his partner, Geert - whom he had met just the day before - ran all the way down to get help. Discovery Channel excellently captured behind-the-scene story of every minute detail. Like how the boulder was actually a part of molten lava millions of years ago and why it fell. Like how being under the boulder for such a long time ironically actually made the blood clot and stopped poisoning Warren. Like how the insects bit Geert on his way down. And several such details. But although Warren survived after he was finally rescued, both of his legs had to be amputated.

The killer note is that, after he was amputated, he climbed Kilimanjaro! Check this and this out.

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